Abbott To NFL “Stay Out Of Politics”

Governor Greg Abbott is slamming the NFL for criticizing a bill in his state’s Legislature that would prohibit transgender people from using the public restroom of their choice.

He was on Fox News Thursday and said that if the league punishes Texas over the “bathroom bill,” “I might just pass a bill” requiring all players to stand and place their hands over their hearts during the National Anthem.

A spokesman latter suggested Abbott was joking.

The bill requires people to use public restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. Days after a successful Super Bowl in Houston, an NFL spokesman said it could be “discriminatory” and might even cost Texas hosting future big games.